slow and steady wins the race...

So, things have been going pretty well.  Nothing too new to report, until today!  Today Doktor Dog did AWESOME!!!  We had him in the back yard with Pip (Pip was on leash), and Dok was doing very very well.  His ears are still sometimes not all the way forward, but for the most part they were.  He was concentrating on me while Mike was bringing Pip closer and closer and even crossed behind Dok.  Dok was off leash, as he still acts a little skittish while on his leash, but this is still a HUGE improvement.  I was able to have him wait while I walked all the way to the back fence and back before I gave him the treat.  I am using a clicker to work with him, mostly because I want him to associate the correct behavior with the treat... and with a clicker I can click AS SOON as his ears perk forward... it buys me time to treat him.  I really see a vast improvement with him, and I am looking forward to working with Hamlet later this week.  I don't expect such amazing results with Hamlet, but we have to start somewhere.  This is going so much better now that I am less stressed... its amazing how much I rub off on my dog!  We are going to work with him again today after dinner again, just to keep reinforcing such wonderful behavior.  I also want to start working with him when people come over to the house.  I would like for him to lie down and wait while people come in... he just gets so excited.  Although my main concern is his behavior toward other dogs, there is no reason why we can not get him some better manners while we are at it!  ;-)

So, no video today, maybe later this evening.  (I'm not sure how excited I am to have the whole world watch me dancing around to distract my dog while he sits so happily!)